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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
8
A historical discussion contrasts war-skeptic and pro war theories with Captain Hobson. The piece argues Japan prefers commerce over conflict, seeks markets, manufactures, and wealth, and educates future leaders in the United States, absorbing American ideas and viewpoints.
A historical remark notes that ongoing developments will have a deep effect on the relations between America and Japan, signaling a shift in diplomatic dynamics and potential policy changes.
A freight train wreck on the B and O line near Glencoe delayed passenger service. Train 103, due at 12 13, arrived around 3 pm. No injuries reported. Tracks blocked, a Wheeling to this point train was used to bypass the obstruction. B and O wreck train from Benwood was dispatched to clear the line.
City Solicitor B. F. Enos and his wife left this afternoon to visit relatives and friends in Columbus.
President George Trenner of the First National bank of Byesville was in the city on business this afternoon.
J. M. Wood and his daughter Miss Sara came back this afternoon from a camping trip along the Tuscarawas River near Jewett Ohio.
Theodore Kratz of New Philadelphia, visiting his brother Rev. William Kratz and family, returned home last evening after the stay with relatives.
Rev. Wm. Kratz pastor of Cambridge Lutheran church has returned from a trip to New Philadelphia where he visited relatives and friends.
Mrs T G Brown along with Misses Helen and Marie Williams and Mrs Wm ter Hunter and Miss Ola Johnson of Chickothe traveled to Fairview this morning for a social visit with friends.
Mrs James Call and Miss Neva Call of Pleasant City were seen in the city this afternoon en route to Lincoln Missouri for an extended visit with relatives and friends.
A historical note explains that internal sulphur can cause hydrogen sulphide gas to be emitted through the skin, which darkens silver. Therefore, people taking sulphur are advised not to wear silver trinkets to avoid tarnish.
Peter the Great tasted a baked dish stuffed with apples and considered it a fine meal.
Violante Visconti married Duke Lionel son of Edward III in Milan. The wedding dinner featured eighteen courses including suckling pigs fish hares veal quail partridge trout beef capons lamb chickens carp peacocks ducks cheese and cherries. Some fish and game were crusted in gold.
John Worth Kern of Indiana emerges as a key Democratic figure and Bryan running mate candidate. The piece highlights his popularity bold campaigns and loyalty to Indiana politics while noting his shift from gold to free silver and his close ties with Tom Taggart. Kern is described as a gifted orator and a central social figure in Indianapolis.
After months of illness Joseph Harper died Monday night at 1 o clock at his son Samuel’s home near New Concord. Born April 23, 1820, he lived several years in the city and was a longtime elder at the New Concord First U. P. church. He is survived by three children Rev. W. S. Harper of Ben Avon Pa Samuel and Robert. He was the last of the prominent Harper family of Eastern Muskingum County and a respected farmer known for honesty and integrity. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the church.
The profile traces John Kern of Indiana from Howard County birth in 1849 through his education at the University of Michigan and early law career in Kokomo. It notes his political rise as city attorney, reporter of the supreme court, Indiana state senator, and Bryan ally who supported Parker, ending with his 1904 gubernatorial bid that impaired his health and paused his work.
John Reid headmaster at Beckleford Council school Yeo vil England devised a method to teach atmosphere study. Each day select boys visit the local gas works to copy barometer and rainfall records while others track wind direction and put thermometer readings on the school walls. Weekly, the class records and writes general remarks from the data.
Thirty five left this city this afternoon on the Niagara Falls Excursion over the Pennsylvania Lines. A special train was made up at the company shops and ran to Marietta where the excursion started. The train passed Cambridge at 12 33.
Mr and Mrs Fred Gibbs and their son Master Lewis departed this morning for an outing at Buckeye Lake noting a family day trip to the popular recreational site.
Miss Esther Bradley of New Concord is the guest of J C White and family on South Tenth Street.
W R Sprague of North Seventh street returned from Springfield Missouri where he attended the I O O F Encampment as a delegate from the Cambridge lodge.
J. I. Marlatt returns to Oakland Iowa after visiting his brother W. W. Marlatt and family on Sixth street. He served as a delegate to the National Prohibition convention held last week in Franklin hall Columbus. Frank Duffey of South Cambridge grocery injures thigh on a meat knife, causing arterial bleeding, but leaves his house this morning to visit his physician.
A dated health ad touts Burdock Blood Bitterstones as a plain remedy for a lazy liver and upset stomach. It claims to promote digestion and purify the blood, appealing to readers seeking tonics.
A fragmentary line from an old column asserts that acts of giving outweigh receiving, noting a focus on generosity as a virtue. The quote offers a moral reflection rather than a reportable event.
Soothes itching skin and heals cuts or burns without a scar. Cures piles eczema salt rheum and any itching. Dean's Ointment. Your druggist sells it.
A testimonial from A B Davis, a Sulphur Springs Tex grocer, asserts that Dean's Regulats cured his habitual constipation and kept his bowels regular since using the product.
A man discovers that agreeing with a woman does not guarantee avoiding a heated argument. The incident highlights the complexities of dialogue and respect in confrontations.
An old style advertisement touts Dr Thomas Ecclectric Oil as the cheapest accident insurance claiming pain relief and wound healing. It asserts availability at all druggists.
A Cambridge reader reports eight years of severe back pain improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The testimonial states the pills targeted kidney causes, relieved lumbago, and left the user free of kidney trouble with ongoing benefit. Sold by dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo supplied the sole US rights.
An old advertisement lists Humphreys Be B for coughs colds and lung ailments. It claims to treat influenza pleuro-pneumonia and stomach issues while also preventing miscarriage.
Mrs. Wilbur Galligher of Akron is the guest of relatives in this city, visiting with family members and spending time with relatives.
Mr and Mrs Chauncey Barnett have returned from a week long outing at Buckeye Lake with every participant reporting a pleasant stay and good weather.
A. J. Coates returns to Cleveland after visiting Cambridge friends. W. H. Bonnell of North Eighth street visits relatives in Harrison county. Stanley Mathews of Cincinnati stays with Jack Davis and family on North Fourth street. Miss Ethel Bird of Caldwell passes through town en route to Niagara Falls.
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